Heather McCurdy, Anna Nobbe, Dawn Scott, Heather Patton, Timothy R Morgan, Jasmohan S Bajaj, Vera Yakovchenko, Monica Merante, Sandra Gibson, Carolyn Lamorte, Gyorgy Baffy, George N Ioannou, Tamar H Taddei, Karine Rozenberg-Ben-Dror, Jennifer Anwar, Jason A Dominitz, Shari S Rogal
BACKGROUND: The Veterans Health Administration provides care to more than 100,000 Veterans with cirrhosis. AIMS: This implementation evaluation aimed to understand organizational resources and barriers associated with cirrhosis care. METHODS: Clinicians across 145 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers (VAMCs) were surveyed in 2022 about implementing guideline-concordant cirrhosis care. VA Corporate Data Warehouse data were used to assess VAMC performance on two national cirrhosis quality measures: HCC surveillance and esophageal variceal surveillance or treatment (EVST)...
April 14, 2024: Digestive Diseases and Sciences